Combined hames and collar.



R. R. STEWART.

COMBINED HAMES AND DOLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1013.

1,1 14,929, Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO1. PHOTO-LITHOY, WASHINGTON, D

s'ratrns RAMSAY ROBERT STEWART, OF WAIHOLA, NEW ZEALAND.

COMBINED HAMES AND COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914..

Application filed January 22, 1913. Serial No. 743,429.

To all whom z'tmay concern Be it known that I, Ramsay Ronnn'r S'ruwnn'r,a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Waihola, inthe Provincial District of Otago, in the DOIIHlI ion of New Zealand,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hames andCollars, of which the following is a specification.

According hereto, a horse collar is comprised of metal hames permanentlycombined with a frame stuffed collar of approxlmately the usualconstruction. The hames are ofsteel in two parts hinged together at thebottom and built into the collar as a fixture, a leather casing beingemployed through which the pull bars and rein rings project. Flaps uponthe cover prevent rain from getting into the stuffing.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing wherein Figure 1, is a frontelevation, Fig. 2,. a sectional planon A-.A, Fig.1. Fig. 3, a similarview to Fig. 1 but with the leather cover removed. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation.

The collar is framed in the ordinary manner with straw, stufling or thelike 1. The hames in two members 2 and 3 are hinged together at theirlower ends 4, and at their upper ends are each furnished with a ring, 5and 6. respectively, through which a strap 7 is passed for the purposeof holding them together. The hames are shaped approximately to thecurve of the front of the collar as shown in Fig. 2, and have integrallyformed pull bars 8 and 9 and rein rings 10 and 11. A cover 12 of leatheris drawn tightly over the hames and frame and secured by sewin 'to theusual back leather of the collar in t e ordinary way. The pull bars passthrough holes in the leather cover and flaps 13 and 14 upon each side ofthe cover prevent the entrance of rain to the stuffing. The rein ringsalso pass through holes in the cover, the holes being closely sewn tomake a Weather tight oint. A cover flap 15 upon the top of one side ofthe collar is adapted to fold over the other part for the purpose ofexcluding rain. secured in position by a strap 17 which is engaged in abuckle 18.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is A horse-collar, including a stuffed frame, hames with theirrespective members hinged together at their lower ends, saidhamesmembers being embedded within said stufi'ed frame and havingintegral tug or pull bars, also integral terret-members, said pull barsand terret-members extending beyond said stuffed frame, a leather coversecured to the back-leather of the collar, and tightly drawn over saidstuffed frame and hames, said pullbars and tenet-members extendingthrough openings provided in said leather-cover, said leather-coverbeing provided with flaps overlying said pull-bars and the openings insaid leather cover through which said pull-bars extend, and fasteningmeans between the upper free ends of sald hames-members, the

upper end of one side of the cover having an integral extension adaptedto be connected to the upper end of the opposite side of said cover andoverlying the fastening means between the upper ends of the hames.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two witnesses.

RAMSAY ROBERT STEFWART.

Witnesses:

WVILLI M J AMES ANDERSON, SAMUEL PHILIP MORAIN.

Copies of this patentvmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe, Commissioner of: Patents.

Washington, D. 0.?

